Chapter 89: Meow (Cat & Dog Limited Time Return)
The abdominal muscles scratched out by the kitten’s paws were soon rubbed off as he lay on the puppy’s belly.
The puppy Qiuqiu secretly decided: When he turns back into a little human, he will work hard to exercise and develop real abdominal muscles.
After all, he was a police dog and planned to apply for the military academy in the future to serve society, so a strong physique was necessary.
That night, the kitten and puppy slept together in the open-air dog house. The kitten curled his tail and slept sweetly in the puppy’s arms, occasionally turning over in his sleep and nibbling on the soft dog fur beside him.
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Early the next morning, they didn’t wake up naturally but were woken up by a voice of surprise.
The kitten Mimi opened his eyes groggily and saw a familiar child rushing towards them.
Different from Wang Qize in his memory, Wang Qize at that time was a few years younger than in the real world, with more childish contours.
The kitten yawned. Having just woken up, he was too lazy to move.
The puppy Qiuqiu, however, had already entered alert mode, watching his shrunken cousin vigilantly.
Wang Qize excitedly blurted out various English words. They couldn’t understand much, but they could feel his excitement stemmed from the extra beige Scottish Fold kitten in the estate.
“Meow! Meow!” Wang Qize danced with excitement and couldn’t wait to reach out and stroke the kitten Mimi’s fur.
The kitten didn’t reject him, curled up in the puppy’s arms, letting him stroke him.
Unfortunately, Wang Qize had no petting technique to speak of and couldn’t serve the kitten as comfortably as his papas.
Emily and her husband also followed. Hearing their son gently pulling the kitten’s folded ears with his small hand, he asked: “Why are its ears different from other kittens?”
Saying that, he propped up the kitten’s forward-folded ears with his small hand.
He was young and hadn’t seen many cats, so he didn’t know about the Scottish Fold breed. The cats he had seen before all had erect triangular ears. This kitten’s ears were too special.
The kitten Mimi didn’t like his ears being played with like this. Even though Wang Qize wasn’t a naughty child who didn’t know the severity of his actions and didn’t hurt him, dislike was dislike. Unless the other party was his most, most important Papa, there was a possibility of exception.
The kitten dodged his head immediately, breaking free from his small hand.
Emily was explaining what a Scottish Fold cat was to Wang Qize when Wang Qize’s hand became empty.
Just as he was about to reach out to grab the kitten’s ears again, the German Shepherd, who had been motionless, suddenly opened its mouth and gently held his restless small hand.
Without force, Wang Qize wasn’t scared either, thinking the puppy wanted to play with him.
But he was now very interested in the new kitten and only wanted to explore why this kitten’s ears were folded, so he pulled his small hand out of the dog’s mouth.
When he reached out to the kitten again, the dog’s mouth accurately held his hand again.
Wang Qize: “…”
Wang Qize didn’t give up, pulled out his hand, changed several positions and directions, and continued to reach for the kitten.
But the result was no exception—held by the dog’s mouth, never touching the kitten in its arms once.
The kitten Mimi leaned comfortably against the dog fur, yawned, shook his fur, and carefully cleaned himself with his small pink tongue.
The grooming gene engraved in the kitten’s bones didn’t disappear because he had become a little human for a year.
Wang Qize was still fighting a battle of wits and courage with the dog’s mouth.
Unfortunately, a child of this age couldn’t beat a police dog at all; reaction and IQ were too inferior.
Wang Qize was completely angry and said to his parents in English exasperatedly: “I want to hug the kitten—!!”
The kitten Mimi, who was grooming, was startled, raised his little head, and looked at Wang Qize blankly.
The puppy Qiuqiu was still vigilant against him, preventing him from harassing Mimi and disturbing Mimi’s grooming.
At this time, Wu Yuan, Wang Shao, Jing Zhi, and Jiang Suifeng also rushed over. Hearing Wang Qize’s voice, they quickened their pace.
Wang Qize’s parents didn’t easily comply with their son’s request. After all, before coming, they heard from Wu Yuan and Wang Shao that this kitten wasn’t raised in the estate but brought by friends. Not their cat, they certainly couldn’t grab it easily.
After understanding the whole story, Jing Zhi and Jiang Suifeng looked at each other and said to Wang Qize in English: “Mimi doesn’t like others touching his ears.”
They also explained to him in more detail that the folded ears of Scottish Fold cats were actually products of genetic defects. Although looking cute, they were unhealthy for kittens and might lead to painful diseases.
Hearing this, Wang Qize didn’t dare to force touch the kitten’s folded ears anymore.
The puppy Qiuqiu didn’t use his mouth to hold his small hand anymore either.
However, the number of times Wang Qize petted the cat was limited.
The puppy Qiuqiu kept his ears high recording: scratched the cat head three times, touched the cat back three times, poked the cat tail three times, hugged the cat for one minute… After exceeding the limit, the dog mouth would hold his small hand, not letting him pet the cat anymore. Only after a period of time could the petting count be refreshed again.
First, he didn’t want him to annoy the kitten Mimi; second, it was his little selfishness. He hadn’t petted the kitten Mimi enough yet and didn’t want his cousin to pet longer than him.
This was his only kitten friend; they were the best in the world.
Wang Qize didn’t remember how many times he was held by the puppy Qiuqiu this day. At first, he would break free quickly, but gradually he became a bit numb.
After playing ball in the yard for a while, Wang Qize wanted to hug the kitten again.
Cats and dogs felt very different. Cats were soft all over, like marshmallows in arms, while dogs were much harder. The puppy Qiuqiu was too big; he couldn’t hold him in his arms at all.
Seeing this, the kitten Mimi quickly hid behind the puppy Qiuqiu.
He actually didn’t like being hugged by Brother Xiao Ze either. Brother Xiao Ze now was too small, with small embrace and small strength. Hugging the kitten wasn’t comfortable, and he didn’t have the petting technique to serve him. The cat was naturally not willing to be hugged by him.
With Brother Qiuqiu protecting him, he just needed to hide behind Brother Qiuqiu.
When Wang Qize fought a battle of wits and courage with the puppy Qiuqiu again, the kitten leisurely groomed the fur on his body.
Soon, the puppy Qiuqiu picked up the kitten Mimi by the scruff of his neck and took him to hide in his secret base like a wisp of smoke.
Being picked up by the scruff of the neck might hurt for an adult cat, but this was in an illusion. The kitten Mimi didn’t feel any discomfort. His whiskers were blown by the oncoming wind. The kitten narrowed his eyes, enjoying the short journey without walking himself.
Qiuqiu’s secret base was actually a cellar.
There were several cellars in the estate. This one was temporarily vacant and was accidentally discovered by the puppy Qiuqiu as a secret base.
Later, it was discovered by Wu Yuan and Wang Shao, who simply transformed it into another dog house. However, not many things were placed inside, fearing it would be bad for the puppy’s health to stay in the airless cellar all the time, and also easier to clean.
But the puppy always hid some strange things here.
Gradually, this place became his secret base.
Wu Yuan and Wang Shao saw that the puppy Qiuqiu hid in the cellar to avoid Wang Qize’s somewhat excessive enthusiasm. Every time Wang Qize couldn’t find Qiuqiu, they would pretend to be dumb and help him look for a while, finally ending in failure.
Wang Qize was a child who needed coaxing and care, and so was the puppy Qiuqiu.
They wouldn’t make their fur child compromise to coax other children.
Therefore, almost no one would disturb the puppy Qiuqiu’s secret base.
After bringing the kitten into the secret base, the puppy Qiuqiu exposed his furry belly on the nest, let the kitten lie on it, and took a sweet nap with him.
On the other side, Wang Qize’s two short legs couldn’t keep up with the puppy Qiuqiu’s agile four legs. He lost them in a corner. Without the kitten and puppy to play with, he went to find his parents and others aggrievedly.
The adults pretended to be dumb again and accompanied him to look for a while but didn’t find them. They took him to the restaurant, intending to eat some afternoon tea to coax him. Unexpectedly, he suddenly proposed to make “cat ears” for everyone to eat.
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When the puppy Qiuqiu and the kitten Mimi came out of the secret base, they smelled a familiar fragrance from afar.
It was the smell of cat ear snacks.
The kitten Mimi lay on the puppy Qiuqiu’s head, walked into the restaurant with him, and saw a group of people eating cat ears.
Fried cat ears were crispy, and the sound they made was also crispy.
The little glutton licked his lips, wanting to eat cat ear snacks too.
But in the illusion, to let them re-experience the identity of cats and dogs, food intake was restricted. After all, only in the illusion could they experience the taste that cat and dog taste buds could experience. After returning to the real world, there would be many years to taste human food slowly, no rush for this moment. Precisely because of this, the adults didn’t let them eat this kind of fried snack.
Wang Qize wanted to feed them but was stopped, so he could only throw the cat ears in his hand into his own mouth.
“Crunch crunch.”
“Crunch crunch.”
The fragrance of fried cat ears accompanied by the sound of chewing was particularly tempting.
Suddenly, the kitten Mimi felt one of his small ears being gently held.
It was the dog snout that approached suddenly.
The dog tongue licked his small ear lightly, afraid of making him feel uncomfortable, and left quickly.
Dark brown eyes stared at him, the tail behind wagging rapidly, emitting a coquettish whine from the mouth.
Smelling the fragrant smell of cat ear snacks… couldn’t help but taste a real kitten ear.